She smiled they were moving on good caused she didn't know any other curses that she could of said all the ones she had thought of had been said already. She peered over at the bracelet it had the four animals that represent the house on the bracelet how cool..She had expected something cooler but it was still pretty awesome.... How to tell if it was cursed?? "Could you use Arithmo Revelio on it to reveal the curse?" or had she got her spells mixed up again....

Elise looked up from her frantic note-writing, blinknig a few times before she registered that Professor Hadley had asked another question. Elise's been so out of this this class, and she wasn't even sure why. Perhaps something to do with the fact that OWL year was drawing ever closer, and Elise was still incredibly weak at Ancient Runes.

Possibly.

Anyway. Question. How would we figure out if the object was cursed in the first place. Raising her hand, Elise smiled. "SpeRevelio would be useful to determine if it was cursed in the first place and would show the type of curse, I think?" she said, but it came out as more of a question.

Shaking her head, Elise continued to write down her classmates answers. Some of them were really good.

Sarah wanted to find out how to remove the curse from the book
Sarah was going to say, SpeRevelio, yet last lesson they had learnt Arithmos Revelio, so perhaps last lesson was hint. She raised her hand "Arithmos Revelio" she said

Laura looked at the Professor and sighed, she didn't know what she meant either, all her choices had been taken up so she just made up a random name, but she wasn't going to tell her Head of House that, there wasn't any point.

Laura smiled at the Professor as she went on to the next question. "Professor wouldn't you use SpeRevelio, as it will show you if the thing is indeed cursed." Laura was sure that spell was the best way to show if the object was cursed.

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Right! So this was the last lesson of the term of Arithmancy and like other classes this was one that she was glad would soon be over. She just had to sit through one more lesson... she could do this. The professor said that before they proceed to break a curse... did that mean that they were going to actually break one? That would be sooo cool. Hannah raised her hand. "Professor, I would think that you would need to be careful because you don't know what the curse is capable of. Maybe some kind of magic detection spell?" That sounded good to her.



Hannah's hand was once more in the air. "There's Antonin Dolohov's Curse. It causes serious injury without any external symptoms." It also had purple flames that shot out which sounded pretty cool minus the whole getting hurt thing.

Well... that did look like a nice piece of jewelry minus the other houses of course. Well, she would wear them all except for the badger but considering Professor Hadley was the puff head of house she would keep that tid bit to herself. So everybody had already told the answer. Did she need to repeat it? "I agree with the others. You would use SpeRevelio." Her hand in the air as she contributed.

Kurumi sat back and thought for a moment about the two spells mentioned. More specifically she wished that she had her notes on the Arithmos Revelio spell...but she had left those from that term in her dorm - rather foolishly too. Still, her hand went up just to clarify thing. Who knows, maybe this stuff would be on her NEWT and it was best to be sure. "Unless Arithmos Revelio can be used on objects that have been charmed as well, not just cursed ones, and you specifically are wanting to just see if an object is cursed or not, then you would use SpeRevelio. However, if Arithmos Revelio is used solely on cursed objects, then you are sort of killing two fwoopers with one stone because you are not only revealing whether or not the object is cursed, but also showing exactly what that curse is by means of spell numerization."

And then she realized how morbid her wizarding turn of phrase was in that answer and sunk into her seat. Poor jobberknolls....which weren't fwoopers, but they had had a homework assignment on fwoopers which reminded her of Care of Magical Creatures which reminded her of Professor Newlin which reminded her of the tshirts which reminded her how awful it had been that all the jobberknolls had died so suddenly.

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A spell to know if something is cursed. But it had to be related to their last lesson, Professor Hadley had said. Kat knew this one, but the answer was always at the tip of her tongue. Kat shut her eyes tight, trying to remember what was the spell... or the incantation. Ugh. This is why Kat hated trying to remember too much things. She either forgets them or she knew them but can't spit it out.

OH RIGHT! "I think it's Arithmos Revelio, Professor," Kat answered. FINALLY she managed to spit the answer out. She hated it when it dwelled on the tip of her tongue. "I believe we mentioned that spell during the last lesson."

Hmmmm, what were the two that were brought up last class?
"Is one of them Arithmos Revelio, Professor?" Oakey said raising his hand. "The other one Specan be used, but It doesn't seem like that's Arithmancy based" Oakey had a really good feeling that the professor was meaning for the class to use Arithmos Revelio today in class.

Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.

Ella had been taking down notes like it was her job which okay, technically it was. She was a student after all...She was kind of caught off guard by the amount of curses that were listed, though. Squirm. That was a lot of stuff to be careful of. At least there was a way for them to figure out what they were dealing with rather than them having to guess and check. Imagine? That would be quite dangerous business.

The third year listened carefully as her classmates seemed to debate between Arithmos Revelio and SpeRevelio . Personally, the third year was going with the Arithmos option. This was Arithmancy and it would show the numbers that related to the curse, right? Blink. Raising her hand, she offered her opinion. "Professor, I also think you would use Arithmos Revelio."

Hadley just listened as the students seem to either be in a consensus over speor arithmos. Well at least they were all thinking along the right lines. "Yes. But as Adelaide and Kurumi both pointed out, SpeRevelio is more for general magic or charms. However, using Arithmos Revelio would be efficient in that if the object is indeed cursed, it would tell you what curse is on it."

"So when you discover that an object or person is indeed cursed, by casting Arithmos Revelio, a string of numbers will materialize in the air. The more complicated the spell, however, would mean the less likely you will be able to decipher the spell." She paused, writing four words on the board;

Basis: what the spell affects
Kernel/Core: what the spell does
Range: how the spell is activated
Cline/Type: what kind of spell it is

"So we know that this piece of jewelry has been giving me red irritating marks when worn. Almost like its burning my flesh. Having said that, what numbers do you think might indicate such a spell? And what spell do you think it is?"

Ella scribbled down a few more notes and then eyed Professor Hadley curiously. She honestly wasn't too sure about the numbers bit but she did know of a curse that burned. It seemed likely that this curse might be the one that Professor Hadley's piece of jewelry was under. Raising her hand, the third year offered her guess. "Professor, I'm not so sure about the numbers but the Flagrante Curse causes objects to burn whatever touches them." Like the jewelry had burned Professor Hadley's skin.

What...numbers...hmm...

What possible curse it was was the more obvious answer, but as Kurumi refreshed her memory as to what each number meant she found it hard to come up with a number that represented...fire. At least one that did in the Arithmetic sense. Still, she gave it a go and raised her hand. "Um...the number 5 could be involved since it carries the mean of physical touch...and perhaps 0 due to its meaning of decay." Burning flesh was a sort of decay. Ew. "And if the effects are immediate...perhaps 9?"

Oakey had to really think on this one, not the curse but the number. "Professor seeing as how the bracelet is burning your skin, I'd think it has the Flagrant Curse on it." As for the numbers he nodded in agreement with Kurumi, but felt that one other number could be associated with it. "What of the Master Number Eleven." he spoke up moments after Kurumi. "It's the number of Illumination. Fire Illuminates, but it also burns. So I believe Eleven could be one of the numbers."

Wait... what? So was the answer the SpeRevelio or the Arithmos Revelio? Or were both correct and it depended on how you interpreted the question?

But then it appeared that the answer he had given was indeed the one she had wanted. Brilliant! Under the spell's heading he jotted some more notes. Makes.. numbers.. appear.. in.. mid-air. Pao looked up just in time to see his aunt put a whole list of things up for them to copy down. Cue internal groan. He re-inked his quill and got right down to it.

So... as he'd already figured out, he didn't really know any curses. The only thing I can think of that comes close is like wartcap powder.. or bulbadox powder. But neither of those is a curse. Instead, he focuses his efforts on finding numbers that may go along with the curse.

He wasn't sure where he may find a list of what numbers meant in curses, so he just flipped to Chapter Three: The Meaning of Numbers - Quick Reference Guide. Okay... zero. Emptiness, change, decay? Decay could work. The flesh sort of decays in a way. Pao continued scanning. Maybe five as well. Physical world and physical touch are in here.

Though it was a complete stab in the dark, he thought he may as well give it a shot. With his left arm in the air, he waited for his relative's eyes to catch his before speaking. "Um, dunno about the curse, but for the numbers.." He consulted his textbook again. "Well, zero talks about decay, and I guess you could say your skin is decaying somewhat. Then there's five, which talks about the physical world and specifically physical touch." The bracelet had to touch her arm, so that was definitely involved here.

Hmm.... Vickers wasnt sure if he was understanding the Professor's question. Did she want them to guess what number would likely cause the behavior of the cursed object? He leafed through his textbook, re-reading the passages over and over. Finally he lifted his hand albeit a bit slowly "Professor, can it be the number 5 since that number mentions something about change, transition and physical touch?... Also the number 7 since it concerns about magic and... is there a negative version of numbers?--like the number 9 is about tolerance but the now you are unable to tolerate having it touch your skin..." Was he making any sense?

Okay, numbers. As in, figure them out for yourself. Meaning that Emmanuelle was clueless, yep. So, she just focused on figuring out the curse first. Maybe then she could figure out the numbers? "I believe the curse would be the Flagrante curse? Which would mean that some kind of firey number would be involved." So, what would be that firey number? She thought back to everything that she had studied about Arithmancy to help figure it out. "Maybe.......a five in there somewhere?" Yeah, that sounded really bright.

Number? Jory had absolutely no idea about the number but he raised his hand to have a go at the spell. "Could it be the Flagrante curse?'' It made sense to him, since the spell burnt if it came into contact with anyone.

Nerida nodded so the professor wanted them to guess what numbers it might be? Okay...She leafed through her book skimming the numbers...She raised her hand and said "Maybe the numbers zero for change or decay, five for physical touch since it has to touch you and maybe seven for magic..." Now the curse...She thought for a second making sure she had the right fire spell in mind, "I believe the curse would be the Flagrante curse."

Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "I would have to say number 5." Laura was a bit shocked that her head of house would wear something that could hurt you, it was a bit unlike her to do something like that, maybe Professor Hadley was coming down with something.

Yeah, Kat needed to know the difference between SpeRevelio and Arithmos Revelio. Really, despite how fun Arithmancy can be, it was hard for the girl. Not that she was that dumb of course, but the lesson wasn't her forte and she only used her common sense to get her way through the lesson. Yep, no OWLs for this subject. Suckish. Not that she planned on having OWLs for the subject next term, though. WHISTLE.

"I agree with everyone," Kat said. "Possibly the Flagrante curse was used on the necklace." Unless Professor wanted to suggest FIENDFYRE but that was obviously stupid. You can't do that otherwise it'd just burn the necklace. SNORT. How stupid.

As for the numbers, Kat remained quiet. See, she wasn't that good at those stuff.

"Yes. The Flagrante Curse," Hadley said, nodding solemnly at those who suggested that.

"Yes, to all three. I do think all three of those numbers are involved.." Hadley nodded.

"It would be a double one though, not an eleven, since in the curse-breaking sense, master numbers don't exist." Which created a whole new level of confusion, she was sure.

"Yes," Hadley nodded at Logan. Sharp boy her nephew was.

"Yes, but the curse is already on the bracelet. It's not really activated by magic. Just by touching it, it emits heat..." So no seven.

"Five is inevitable, yes." There were actually several fives, if memory served her right about the numeric equivalent.

"So we know the parts of the spell.... I'll cast Arithmos Revelio this time, for sake of time.... But you will be doing this for part of your final." Yup. For now though, she flicked her wand cast Arithmos Revelio, as numbers in glowing red hovered in front of the bracelet;

110595959

"So knowing the parts of the spell, break apart that number and interpret it with accordance of what each part of the spell means."